{
    "term": "exactly",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that something is correct in every way or in every detail",
            "sensetop": "exactly how, what, why, etc…exactly as…",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's exactly nine o'clock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It happened **almost exactly** a year ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your answer is **exactly right**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a warm day, if not exactly hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **know exactly** how she felt.",
                    "contextForm": "exactly how, what, why, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's impossible to say exactly what happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do exactly as I tell you.",
                    "contextForm": "exactly as…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You haven't changed at all—you still look **exactly the same**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His words had **exactly the opposite** effect."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "precisely"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to ask for more information about something",
            "labels": "(informal)(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where exactly did you stay in France?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Exactly what are you trying to tell me?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used as a reply, agreeing with what somebody has just said, or emphasizing that it is correct",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘You mean somebody in this room must be the murderer?’ ‘Exactly.’"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used when you are saying the opposite of what you really mean",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He wasn't exactly pleased to see us—in fact he refused to open the door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not exactly beautiful, is it? *(= it's ugly)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used when you are correcting something that somebody has said",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘So he told you you'd got the job?’ ‘Not exactly, but he said they were impressed with me.’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæktli/",
                "audio": "ex/exactly/exactly__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzæktli/",
                "audio": "ex/exactly/exactly__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}